The Veteran's melanoma is granted service connection. Service connection for skin cancer other than melanoma is remanded.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on direct evidence of a current disability and in-service exposure to Agent Orange, which is presumed due to the Veteran's Vietnam-era service.
- Claimed conditions
- Melanoma, Basal cell skin cancer, Squamous cell skin cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2026
- Citation
- A26038815
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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